HEATH ROW NEWS
WARCLONE ARMY SUMMITS SAHENDARUMAN FORTRESS, EFRIT PETITIONS FOR RED TROOP AID
7.13.122
CBD Megacorporation’s famed Huomaeli Belt was penetrated this week following an offensive by the Bosena Accords warclone collective. Spearheaded by famed mercenary and former Bosena Accords executive or “Warden” Knight-Guard Fury, the warclone army was able to quickly make their way up the winding mountain paths while evading shelling from the heavy artillary gun mounts that brim the Ternate Mountains. Despite heavy resistance by a joint army of Spaceline Patrol arctic warfare specialists, Tronhada Free Guard mercenaries, and warclone contractors from Onikanabo Brigade the Bosena Accords were able to eventually make their way to the gates of Sahendaruman Fortress and silence the majority of their guns with a volunteer team of former Valklears and members of the Sebiestor Field Sappers under the direction of Knight-Guard Fury.
Even with the guns disabled by their vanguard force, Bosena Accords casualties were extreme. While an exact body count is difficult to determine, four of the five Mobile Command Centers (MCCs) were foundered by enemy action, and fighter wings from the 1st Hellawes Squadron are thought to have been entirely depleted in the course of the battle. Despite these losses, the reaction from the Bosena Accords has generally been positive and it is now suspected that the assault on the Ternate Mountains was in fact meant to be a diversion for the UNF invasion of Sahaal earlier this week with loss anticipated as necessary to relieve pressure from ArSec forces crossing the the Sea of Skadki. Indeed, without the appearance of the Bosena Accords “shadow Warden” Fury it is likely that the Ishuhuolvi Offensive may have been doomed to fail.
With Sahendaruman summited, Fury’s sappers quickly got to work razzing the fortress and directing armored troops from the “Chakram II” Black Ops HAV corps to proceed forward and descend into CBD territory.
“No point in staying here,” one soldier laughed, assisting in passing out explosive charges, “We don’t need a fortress, we need to keep pushing forward. Besides, the Free Guard are really giving is trouble and earning their paychecks today. They’ve pushed into the tunnels that run under the mountains here. If Krusual know one thing, its damn tunnels. They know how to fight down there, and they know where to build them so the magnetic rock stops us from using magnetometric sensors to find them. Better to just blow the tunnels and not deal with them.”
When asked if he anticipated any push-back among his troops for burying Free Guard forces alive, he seemed amused.
“No, they all know the deal. I took a siege class before under a Krusual instructor, first thing they teach you; there’s always a secret exit. Trust me, the Free Guard’s gonna be fine, just somewhere far away from us by the time they make it out.”
The victory in the south has revitalized warclone morale following the announcement by Skarkon Khumatar Kril Efrit to authorize “all legitimate military, law enforcement and security contractors to kill criminal warclones on sight.” The move by Efrit has made it difficult for the Bosena Accords to continue their mission in Skardisaad, who have begun pulling back their main forces in the region. However, rumors abound of plainclothes warclone guerilla units working alongside the newly-formed Skarkon Freedom Corps in regions formerly under warclone influence. While these reports are unverified, they have lead to a very real sense of unease among RSS forces of civilian crowds opening fire on RSS and Krullefor convoys only to disappear “in a cloud of dust” when they return fire.
Cases of “mistaken” groups of “warclones” being fired on at first contact by RSS contractors are numerous now, leading to many previously supportive of RSS presence calling for a “specialist response” to deal with the warclone threat. Leaked memos from meetings with outraged CBD corporate envoys suggest that even within Efrit’s regime doubt has begun to spread that local forces will be able to contain the Skarkon War without outside assistance. As Khumatar Efrit struggles to maintain his grasp on the planet, he and his officers are considering petitioning SARO’s Red Troop for assistance to put a swift end to “terrorist activity carried out by warclone cells.”
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